Megatron’s Money
Now that the Lions’ season is over the team will more than likely embark on locking up wide receiver Calvin Johnson long-term. Johnson, who is entering into the final season of his contract, had a career season with the Lions this year and showed tremendous chemistry with quarterback Matthew Stafford.
But keeping Megatron in the fold for many seasons to come isn’t the only concern of the Lions.
After garnering 211 yards and 2 TDs in his first career playoff appearance, the Pro Bowl wide out is set to earn $20 million dollars in his final season. The Lions will look to bring that number down hopefully with a new long-term deal.
More Lions game controversy and… conspiracy?
A big argument among Lions fans this season was the apparent unfair treatment from the league officials and Saturday night’s game against the Saints was no exception.
At the end of the game and with 38 seconds left on the clock, Saints quarterback Drew Brees took a knee on fourth down. However the problem with that is the clock never stopped and the Lions didn’t get another play of offense.
With the Lions down 17 points they weren’t going to win the game but could have attempted a late game touchdown and extra point to beat the 10.5 point spread. Conspiracy theorist will probably have some fun with that one but the Lions didn’t make a huge deal about it after the game.
This however wasn’t the only area of controversy.
In the second quarter, Saints quarterback appeared to be sacked and fumbled the ball. Lions linebacker Justin Durant recovered the ball at the Lions’ 38 yard line and was set to take it back for a touchdown. However instead of letting the play play itself out a member of Tony Corrente’s crew blew the whistle because he thought it was an incomplete pass rather than a fumble.
NFL rules usually call for the play to be dead upon recover but nonetheless Lions head coach Jim Schwartz was none too pleased with the quick whistle…
‘Every other time in this league, they let that play go and they don’t blow the whistle,’ Schwartz said. ‘… For some reason in this game, they decided to blow the whistle when that would have been seven points.’
Ref: ESPN.com, Getty (image)